Hypnotic Loop One Chop
Genre: House, Disco · Tempo: 124 BPM · Time signature: 4/4 · Length: 16 steps · Style: balancing simplicity and chopping: sometimes the simplest drum programming is best, other times chopping things up in ways a drummer would never play adds interesting qualities. Here, a steady loop with one displaced chop per bar
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The pattern
| Instrument | Steps (1 = start of the bar) | Velocity | Timing and chance |
|---|
| kick | 1, 5, 9, 13 | 100 | on the grid, always plays |
| hat-closed | 3, 7, 15 | 50 | step 3: plays 95% of the time; step 7: plays 95% of the time; step 15: plays 95% of the time |
| clap | 5, 13 | 80 | on the grid, always plays |
| perc1 | 11 | 42 | step 11: late by about 25% of a step, plays 60% of the time |
Digitakt II
Tracks
- T1: kick
- T2: clap
- T3: hat-closed
- T4: chop (slice of a soul or disco sample)
Digitone II
Tracks
- T1: kick (FM DRUM, round body)
- T2: clap (FM DRUM, noise burst)
- T3: hat-closed (FM DRUM, high noise)
- T4: chop (FM TONE, bright inharmonic tone)
Syntakt
Tracks
- T9: kick (BD CLASSIC)
- T1: clap (CP VINTAGE)
- T12: hat-closed (CH CLASSIC)
- T2: chop (SP TWINSHOT, slice of a soul or disco record)
Tonverk
Tracks
- ST1: kick
- ST2: clap
- ST3: hat-closed
- ST4: chop (slice of a soul or disco sample)
Notes
A plain, steadily repeating four-on-the-floor club loop with one displaced percussion chop per bar. Sometimes the simplest drum programming is best, and at other times chopping things up in ways a drummer would never play adds interest; this pattern does a little of both. An original pattern in that spirit, not a transcription of any specific track.
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